On Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:31:13 -0400, SharkD wrote:

> On the subject of licensed software and the tight grip the license
> holders have on them, I wish ATRAC were an open standard and prevalent
> instead of MP3. It's a much better algortihm, but Sony wants to keep it
> all to itself.

MP3 isn't actually an open standard either.  It's a de facto standard, 
but Frauenhoffer (sp?) expect software developers writing encoders (and 
possibly decoders, don't recall the specifics offhand) to pay license 
fees.

Jim

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